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JamisonNeu

JamisonNeu

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What is the most interesting fact you know about billiards?
Here are mine.
In 1929 pool was played for the first time while flying in a plane.
(Ralph Greenleaf) :cool:
1908 the first pool table built for a ocean liner is patented. :confused:
Pool has been played on top of a moving automobile. :eek:
Jamison
 
Pool

Pool originally derived from the game Kroquet, or however you spell it. Originally the only people that played it were royalty.

I will post more fun facts when I get home tonight. LOL
 
JamisonNeu said:
What is the most interesting fact you know about billiards?
Here are mine.
In 1929 pool was played for the first time while flying in a plane.
(Ralph Greenleaf) :cool:
1908 the first pool table built for a ocean liner is patented. :confused:
Pool has been played on top of a moving automobile. :eek:
Jamison
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I don't have any interesting facts about billiards but you sure do have a COOL web site for those interested in masse and trick shots. I especially like the OVER STROKED IT and the YO-YO. http://jamisonneu.com/

What are you cue/shaft/tip specifications for making these shots or does it matter?
Thanks,
JoeyA
 
txplshrk said:
Pool originally derived from the game Kroquet, or however you spell it. Originally the only people that played it were royalty.

I will post more fun facts when I get home tonight. LOL
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that’s why the felt is traditionally green
 
Some neat facts

Ok here are some facts I found out doing reasearch for a power point slide.

Yes pool was derived from Croquet, and yes that is why the felt was green. It was originally played out doors too.

It was played by royalty as early as the 1500's!
The cue wasn't developed until the 1600's so they originally used a malice like croquet.

Most popular game in America today is 8 ball then followed by 9 ball.

Women played in the 1500's but men dominated the sport until the early 1990's.

Those are just some fun facts for everyone. I thought you would enjoy them.
 
snooker first originated in india.

it derived from a game called pyramids. played with a rack of black balls (if i remember correctly ... gotta double check my snooker book)

the name snooker was demeanor at the time ... it came from the word 'snook' which was a derogatory slang meaning the lowest of the low when referring to the freshman cadets at the Royal Military Academy.

The fastest 147 break in snooker is held by Ronnie the Rocket O'Sullivan who completed this in shortly over 5 minutes.

Record for straight pool is somewhere in the 500's ... correct me if i'm wrong... thought that was the last stat i read.
 
If you have ever seen an 8 ball that had a weight put inside it for amusement, I heard the first one ever made was by accident, buckshot was inside the ivory back when the balls were ivory. By the way, when was the first Brad Scuffer made? I know they were made because they produced plastic tips for bar house cues, it was the only tool that would rough up the tip so it would accept chalk.
 
JamisonNeu said:
In 1929 pool was played for the first time while flying in a plane.
(Ralph Greenleaf) :cool:
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I have the video of that, Greenleaf looks pretty dapper in his 1929 full length racoon fur coat:p . I'll see if I can get it on youtube in the next few days.
 
The first World Pocket Billiard Championship was held in 1878 (I think) won by French Canadian Cyrille Dion, who was player of the year for 1878. He was also the World Billiards Champion in 1873.

The game played during that tournament was "61 pool", it has the same rules as rotation except for one important difference, you can play any ball :eek: .

9 ball was invented in the 1920's, it is over 80 years old and it is still a stupid game :D.

Ralf Greenleaf made about $2000 a week during the depression in exhibitions. So that's where all the money went.

Straight Pool was invented around the 1890's as an attempt to make the game more fair, as 61 pool allowed a player to win by only pocketing 5 balls. Straight Pool isn't to be confused with 14.1 which was invented by Jerome Keogh (sp?), which was invented circa 1911. Straight Pool allowed a player to blast open each rach not concerning themselves with break balls.

One Pocket originated in the 1930's in Oklahoma.

For a time Irving Crane held the high run record of (I am estimating as I can't remember exactly) 324.

If I think of anything else I will post it.
 
English billiards with 3 balls on a 12' table was the dominant game in England and Australia in the early part of the century.

The star players were household names and recieved press attention on a par with the most popular sports...or perhaps I should say sport, that being cricket.

Fast Larry has a good series of articles on the net somewhere detailing some of the history of Willie Hoppe and the popularity of the game back in those days in Europe and the US. The link I had went down. Anyone got it?

Colin
 
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